The HIV/AIDS epidemics have drastically changed the world in which children live. Millions of children have been infected and have died and many more are gravely affected as HIV spreads through their families and communities. The epidemics impact on the daily life on younger children, and increase the victimization and marginalization of children especially on those living in particularly difficult circumstances.
En su 17º período de sesiones (1998), el Comité de los Derechos del Niño celebró un debate general sobre el tema del VIH/SIDA y los derechos del niño, en el que se recomendó que se adoptasen varias medidas, incluida la de facilitar el empeño de los Estados Partes por atender los problemas relacionados con el VIH/SIDA y los derechos del niño.